Chapter 9: Mission Possible (With the Help of an 8-Year-Old Super-Genius)

About an hour later, in the warehouse on the outskirts of town, Walters and his men anxiously awaited the Muppets’ arrival.

Ashley, still bound to a chair, continued to struggle to get free. “You’ll never get away with this, Walters,” she said.

“Oh, and villains use too many clichés?” Monty said sarcastically.

Walters ignored him and chuckled at Ashley’s veiled threat. “And why won’t I?” he asked. “After all, by the time anyone finds out that those super-powered freaks have been destroyed, we’ll be far away from here.”

Ashley thought for a minute. “What about Ramona and me, and the Muppets without powers?”

“We plan to do away with all of you as well,” Walters informed her. “After all, we can’t very well have any friends or family members wanting revenge, can we?”

“I see a little problem in your plan, baldy,” Ashley snapped. “How are you stooges going to kill all of the Muppets, my friend, and me at once? There’s like a zillion of us and only nine of you.”

Walters chortled. “Thank you for the arithmetic lesson, little one,” he sneered, but then, he realized she was right. “Drat, how will we do that?”

Ashley snickered. “That’s what I thought.”

“Ignore her, boss,” Monty told Walters. “It just so happens I have just what we need.” He pulled out a remote and pushed the red button in the middle of it. To everyone’s surprise, a wall lifted, and behind it stood an army of about 75 ninjas and 50 8-foot-tall robots.

“But, how?” Polly asked.

“I put an ad in the paper, looking for a clan of ninjas,” Monty explained. “Who would have guessed we had one here in the city?”

“What about the robots?” Walters asked.

“The kid designed them, too, but they were built by Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones,” Monty explained.

“Really?” Walters looked to the corner, where Drs. Smith and Jones blew bubbles.

Walters pressed his fingertips together evilly. “Ah, Susie, I knew you’d see it my way in the end.”

Susie smirked. “Yes, well I built the laser, and none of you can operate it without me,” she told Walters. “And besides, we all know comedy and music are the lowest forms of entertainment, so what do I care that these cretins sing, dance, and make people happy?”

Walters laughed. “Indeed,” he said, standing up from his desk.

“What is she talking about?” Kermit asked.

“What laser?” Gonzo added.

“I’m so glad you asked,” Walters said. “Little Susie here built a laser that will rid you super pests of your powers, making you easy to eliminate!”

The Muppets and Ramona just exchanged glances.

Susie cleared her throat. “Ahem.”

“Oh, no!” Piggy exclaimed.

“What will we do!” Scooter added.

Chatters from all of the Muppets filled the warehouse.

Walters raised his eyebrows. “Not quite the reaction I expected but...” He was cut off when the telephone rang.

Irritated, Walters answered the phone. “What is it?”

“Sir, I’m on the way back with your pizza,” Clueless’ voice said over the phone.

“Not now,” Walters growled. Hanging up the receiver, he looked back at the gang, still grinning evilly. “Looks like I win.” He looked at Susie. “Susie, be a dear and prepare the laser to suck the powers out of these freaks.”

Susie saluted him. “Yes, sir.” She skipped over to her invention.

“Well, heroes, any last requests?” Walters chortled.

“Well, there is one thing I’ve always wanted to do,” Piggy said, sauntering up to Walters.

“And, pray tell, what’s that?” the villain inquired, right before the super-strong sow karate-chopped him across the warehouse and into a pile of cardboard boxes.

Susie peeked from behind her laser, a wrench in her hand. “Hmmmm, I don’t think so, Walters,” she said.

“What?!”

The little blonde rolled her eyes. “Geniuses make really good, liars, don’t we?” she asked the villain, smirking. To the Muppets, she shouted, “Get ‘em, guys!”

Walters growled. “You little brat!” he shouted. “How dare you betray me...twice in the same day!” He chuckled a bit. “No matter. Boys, get them!”

Slash, Butch, and Sudden Death ran at the gang. Ramona, Kermit, and the others without powers jumped out of range, while the Super Muppets fought the brutes.

Sudden Death grabbed Sabrina from behind and lifted her into the air, as the blue-haired woman screamed. Johnny ran behind the hulking man and toasted his backside with his flames.

Sudden Death howled in pain, dropped Sabrina, and grabbed his roasted rear end.

Meanwhile, Butch had backed Fozzie into a corner.

“What are you going to do now, bear?” he gloated, cracking his knuckles.

“Sir, look behind you!” Fozzie said, pointing.

Butch roared with laughter. “Oh, come on! That’s the oldest trick in the...” Before Butch could finish, he was knocked off of his feet by three small tornadoes, made by Sam.

On the other end of the warehouse, Pepe had marched right up to Slash.

The huge man ran his hand under his nose. “If I were you, I’d run, shrimp.”

Pepe put all four of his hands on his hips. “If you were me, you’d be good-looking, okay,” he retorted.

Slash grunted angrily. Taking that as a cue, Pepe turned and ran, as Slash ran close behind him. Finally, Slash grabbed the prawn by one of his arms, only to find that the arm stretched out as Pepe kept running.

Slash kept pulling on the elastic arm. “I’ll get you, you little....” His threats were cut short as he was encased in a block of ice, causing him to drop Pepe’s arm.

I was wrong! Chapter 11 is ready! Here we go (it's a little long. You've been warned):

Chapter 11: More Action!

Within a few moments, Ramona and all of the Muppets, super and non-super, had spread throughout the warehouse to fight the robots and ninjas.

Ramona dodged a kick from a ninja, and ran to hide behind a pile of boxes, where she bumped into Kermit.

“Kermit!” she exclaimed. “Are you okay?”

Kermit scrunched up his face. “Things could definitely be better, Ramona,” he reminded her.

Ramona rolled her eyes. “We still have to find Ashley,” she told him.

“She’s got to be here some-“ Kermit’s assurance was cut off as the boxes next to the two were fricasseed by a laser from one of the robots.

“Uh oh,” Ramona stammered. “What now?”

“Run!” Kermit shouted. He and Ramona ran as fast as they could from the robot, as it fired several blasts at them.

Meanwhile, Rowlf avoided the bad guys’ attention by crawling along the wall. As he crawled over the door to the janitors closet, he could swear he heard a familiar voice shout “Help!” followed by a “Shut up!”

Rowlf knocked on the door. “Ashley, you in there?”“Rowlf? Help me!”

Rowlf swung off of the wall and unlocked the closet door. When he opened it, he found Ashley tied to a chair, with none other than Polly Lobster on her shoulder with a claw-ful of her hair (didn’t you wonder where he’s been all this time?).

“Let her go, and nobody gets hurt,” Rowlf said calmly, just as a ninja went flying into the wall right next to the closet.

Rowlf looked at the battered ninja. “Okay, let her go, and you won’t get hurt,” he told Polly.

“What are you going to do, mutt?” Polly snickered. “You have the most useless power imaginable.”

“You heard what he said,” a little voice peeped up. Rowlf turned around, only to see none other than little Bean Bunny, with his fingernails fully extended.

Polly snickered again. “Speaking of useless powers,” he said.

Ashley rolled her eyes. “Someone kill me,” she muttered.

Polly once again yanked her ponytail. “Thought you’d never ask,” he growled as Ashley shrieked.

Bean Bunny hopped into the janitor’s closet and used his super-long fingernails to claw at Polly. Caught off guard, the lobster let go of Ashley’s hair and fell to the floor, where he hit his head and was knocked unconscious.

Ashley was impressed. “Wow!” she said.

“Didn’t see that coming,” Rowlf added.

Bean hopped behind Ashley and cut her ropes with his fingernails.

She stood up and patted his head. “Nicely done, kid,” she said.

The little rabbit beamed. “Thanks!”

“Come on, let’s go help the gang,” Rowlf said. The three friends ran out of the janitor’s closet, locked it behind them, and joined the fight.

Meanwhile, little Susie was still tinkering with the laser, when Bunsen and Beaker ran over to her.

“Hey, guys,” she said, screwing and unscrewing. “How did I do with the plan?”

Susie smiled. “Four years of acting lessons in grade school sure helped,” she said. She turned her focus back onto her machine. “Now, I think I can reprogram this to help us beat the bad guys, but I’ll need help from you guys.” She handed them each a socket wrench, and the three geniuses went right to work.

Meanwhile, the fight still raged on in the warehouse. Piggy plowed right through three ninjas, and kicked the head off of one of the robots. She flew up several feet off of the ground to catch the foot of a ninja before he could land a flying kick on her, and toss him across the warehouse.

Gonzo darted in a zigzag formation to avoid lasers firing from a robot that chased him. Finally, he turned around, and just as the robot prepared to blast him, Gonzo zipped as quickly as he could in a circle around it. The robot’s head spun around, trying to focus on Gonzo so it could blast him, but it ended up spinning so quickly that it twisted off, and the robot toppled to the ground.

Another robot used its metal hand to grab Clifford in a chokehold and slam him into the wall. Clifford, though he was gasping for air, managed to pull his sunglasses up and vaporize the robot with his heat vision. As he fell to the floor, he found himself surrounded by three ninjas wielding nun chucks.

Clifford gulped. “Uh, guys, can’t we talk about this?” he asked the ninjas.

Just before the ninjas could finish him off, all three were rammed into yet another pile of cardboard boxes by an orange wildebeest wearing glasses.

Clifford ran up to the wildebeest as she transformed back into Skeeter. “Thanks, baby,” he said, embracing her.

Skeeter hugged him back. “What would you do without me?” she laughed.

“Hey, guys!” Ashley shouted, as she pushed another pile of boxes onto Monty. “Can we save the love fest for later?”“Right!” Skeeter and Clifford shouted in unison, as they rejoined their comrades in battle.

As the ninja-robot fight was wrapping up, Susie, Bunsen, and Beaker were just finishing their work.

“And....done!” Susie exclaimed.

“Well, what will it do?” Bunsen asked.

Susie climbed up into the laser’s seat. “If my calculations are correct...” She was cut off as she was grabbed from behind. She turned around to see Walters grasping her shoulders. Susie looked back to see that Bunsen and Beaker had been grabbed by Drs. Smith and Jones.

“I underestimated you once, child,” Walters growled. “And I may not eliminate those super pests, but I will be able to dispose of the reason I failed!”

“I don’t think so, Walters!” Susie kicked him in the shin. As Walters released her to grasp his leg, Susie ran away from the villains.

Enraged, Walters ran after the little girl, but was slipped up as Floyd blew a path of ice in front of him. Walters slid head on into a wall, where Janice placed a force field around him and lifted him several feet into the air.

Janice looked at Floyd, still keeping the force field around Walters. “Like, what do you think, honey?” she asked. “Should I, like, put him down?”

Floyd nodded. “I say give him what he wants.”

Janice took the force field away, causing Walters to fall on top of (you guessed it) a pile of cardboard boxes.

Drs, Smith and Jones ran over to their boss, but were quickly surrounded by the Muppets and their friends.

“And what should we do with you two?” Sal asked.

“Uh, don’t beat us up!” Dr. Smith pleaded.

“Yeah, we’ll beat each other up!” Dr. Jones added, right before socking Dr. Smith in the mouth. Dr. Smith kicked him back, and the two criminally insane men fought each other.

Just then, the door to the warehouse opened, and in walked Clueless Morgan with a large pizza.

“Sir, I’m back with your pizza! Sorry I’m late, but I got.....” The goat looked up to see that the warehouse was filled with broken metal, unconscious ninjas, knocked over cardboard boxes, two fighting criminally insane men, and the Muppets and their friends.

At this sight, Clueless placed the pizza box down and fell to the floor. “Don’t hurt me,” he said. “I’m already dead.”

Ramona rolled her eyes. “Well, it looks like we won, guys,” she said.

“But, what about Mr. Walters?” Robin inquired.

The gang ran over to the pile of boxes onto which Janice had dropped the villain, where they found him curled up in a fetal position on the floor.

“Walters...?” Kermit inquired.

“Wow, I almost feel sorry for him,” Fozzie said.

Everyone just glared at him, as they heard police sirens blare outside.

Walters kept a frozen gaze forward, not looking at anyone in particular. “Why....can’t I...kill you Muppets?” he stammered.

“Poor thing,” Piggy said sarcastically.

“Don’t worry, guys,” Susie’s voice came from behind them. The little girl sat in the chair of her laser. “I reprogrammed the laser to erase Walters’ memory of you guys.”

Scooter looked confused. “But what will he think he’s in jail for?”

“Oh, he’ll remember that he almost destroyed the city, but his memory of you guys will be gone,” Susie explained.

The gang cleared the way, as Susie pressed a button on her laser. As the red beam approached Walters, he let out a scream.

So, how will it end? Will there be another sequel? Will Walters' pizza get cold? Well, you'll have to wait till next time to find out....

Ashley put her arm around the little girl reassuringly. “Don’t sweat it, kid,” she said. “Just make up a story! Tell them...you were at the library and lost track of time.”

Susie’s blue eyes widened. “You mean, lie to my parents?”

“Do you really think they’ll believe you if you tell the truth?” Ashley asked

“Good point.” Susie turned to the front of the bus. “Hey, do you think you can drop me off at my house?”

“Easier done than said!” Dr. Teeth called back.

When the bus arrived at Susie’s house, Susie gave Robin a hug. “It was nice meeting you guys, and I’m glad I could help you stop those bad guys.” She looked down sadly. “And I’m really, really sorry I helped them build that machine.”

Kermit shook his head. “Don’t be, Susie,” he said. “We know you wouldn’t have tried to hurt us on purpose.”

Susie smiled. “Well, I hope I can come see your show real soon!” She waved goodbye and hopped off the bus, skipping happily to her front door.

Everyone waved at the little genius.

“Let’s go home now, gang,” Kermit said.

The bus pulled away from Susie’s driveway and headed back to the boarding house.

Back at the jailhouse, Walters, Polly, Monty, Clueless, and Drs. Smith and Jones sat in the same cell.

“I can’t believe those Muppets beat us again,” Polly muttered.

Walters looked confused. “Muppets? What are Muppets?”

Monty ignored his boss’ oblivion and told Polly “Don’t worry, because I’ve saved a little something.” He pulled several pieces of paper from his pocket and unfolded them, revealing the schematics Walters had used to build his first robots.

“You saved these?” Clueless asked.

“Just in case we needed them,” Monty said. “The doctors have added some alterations that will make the robots stronger than ever.”

Polly looked to the corner of the cell, where Drs. Smith and Jones played peek-a-boo with each other. “I really think that this is a bad idea.”

Monty laughed. “Don’t worry, we’re going to make those Muppets pay,” he said. “We’re going to make them all pay...”

THE END (?)

Yeah, again, there will obviously be a sequel (this is at LEAST going to be a trilogy). I have a few ideas for the sequel, but nothing set in stone just yet.